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Hello Guys. Everyone is more than welcome to advise Especially those who have been to the UK and US before, I would like to find out the real deal. Many of my friends have argued that US is the place to be, while some of them prefer to stay in UK. I have Lived in the UK before but never been to the US and as such I can't really come to a conclusion. I 'd pretty much appreciate great nairalanders to Judge the topic from Experience. Many Thanks

Hello Guys. Everyone is more than welcome to advise  Especially those who have been to the UK and US before, I would like to find out the real deal. Many of my friends have argued that US is the place to be, while some of them prefer to stay in UK. I have Lived in the UK before but never been to the US and as such I can't really come to a conclusion. I 'd pretty much appreciate great nairalanders to Judge the topic from Experience. Many Thanks

@ Poster, I agree with Manizu, DBA role is good and it can be very rewarding depending on your experience. However I' ll rather advice you to get both a degree and IT certificiation especially in a country like Nigeria where everyone's got a degree. By taking a degree course in IT, u ll have good background knowledge in Information technology and computer systems. A specialist IT certification course will help you to specialize in your area of Interest i.e Oracle, SQL Server, sybase etc. But definitely the combination of a degree with relevant IT certficiations will definitely give you a competitive edge in the market.

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I respectfully disagree with everyone that said Grade doesn't count. @ Poster, Please go for it and get your distinction , It is very Important. What is worth doing atall is worth doing well. It will definitely give you the competitive edge in the Job market, . I graduated with a 1stclass degree Last year and by the grace of God, it helped me secure a decent Job down here, even as an Int'l Student. I'll definitely aim for Distinction when I go for masters. Please take the Classification seriously! get your distinction and see how your certificate and experience will begin to work for you

Alberto is right!  , Developers are Programmers! Either Web, Software/Application or Systems, etc. Hope this helps. Although programming is very rewarding. from experience I can  tell you its a crazy Job, lool